Don't Encourage Us

3 Body Problem (2024)

Episode Summary

Brace yourselves as the hosts of Don't Encourage Us get pulled into the conspiracies, complex calculations, and chaotic brilliance of Cixin Liu's sci-fi masterpiece, The Three-Body Problem (2008), and its Netflix adaptation, 3 Body Problem (2024). Was it a faithful adaptation or did the wild world of Trisolaris get lost in translation? Get ready for a deep dive into fiction writing, AI, the nature of humanity, and the ultimate end of the Universe - you know, just real quick.

Episode Notes

Brace yourselves as the hosts of Don't Encourage Us get pulled into the conspiracies, complex calculations, and chaotic brilliance of Cixin Liu's sci-fi masterpiece, The Three-Body Problem (2008), and its Netflix adaptation, 3 Body Problem (2024). Was it a faithful adaptation or did the wild world of Trisolaris get lost in translation? Get ready for a deep dive into fiction writing, AI, the nature of humanity, and the ultimate end of the Universe - you know, just real quick.

Spoilers!

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Grab a copy of The Three-Body Problem novel and find out what everyone is talking about.

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